HB296
Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Minimum wage; definition of wages.
Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the ... (More) greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2022 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D
- 01/11/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/18/2022 - House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/20/2022 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/25/2022 - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/25/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1
- 01/27/2022 - House: Read first time
- 01/28/2022 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/2022 - House: Read second time
- 01/31/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22104920D-H1
- 01/31/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB296H1
- 02/01/2022 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/01/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/02/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/07/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB296H1)
- 02/21/2022 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
